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Running in Vibram Fivefinger Treksport - Long Term Review
March 5, 2015
My favourite piece of gear over the last couple of years has been my Fivefingers Treksport shoes from Vibram. I have been using them regularly mainly for walking and trail running. Why I bought them I was attracted to the shoe because when I went cycle touring, I took one pair of boots with me which were too narrow. This gradually crushed my little toe. Fivefingers looked like a good way to rehabilitate my feet.
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Bicycle Touring: Reliable fundamentals
February 27, 2015
If you’re considering going on a bicycle tour, then you can faced with a considerable range of options for bikes and equipment when preparing. Depending on your budget, you can go cheap or spend your life savings, but you definitely don’t need to spend a lot of money. Here I cover a few of the fundamentals: the bike, pannier racks and panniers. Bike Near the middle of the touring bike price range is the excellent Surly Long Haul Trucker is an excellent choice for any serious tourer.
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Encouraging Quotes 5
February 3, 2015
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it When someone seeks, said Siddhartha, then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing
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Year in Review 2014
January 3, 2015
2014 has been an interesting year. After leaving a very good full time job at MTV in Camden, London after 2 years, I left my overpriced warehouse accommodation in Manor house and travelled to Spain to Cortijada Los Gazquez, a stunning house in the Andalusian countryside. Into the Earth I walked for 8 days following the ‘dry fluvial system’ to the sea. Calling the project Bajada, I wanted to get close to the land as a channelled meditation; the physical channel representing an internal focus of attention.
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Mountain biking at Afan
January 3, 2015
Back in April, I took the train to Bristol to pick up a bike I bought on Ebay, a Kona Hoss, and a Bob Trailer and went onward to Port Talbot in Wales. From there I rode up to the Glyncorrwg mountain bike centre and got kitted out, with new tyres and SPD shoes, in Skyline Cycles, the resident bike shop. I rode the ‘Whites’ Level’ trail and ‘The Wall’ on the first day, Whites’ Level and a bit of the Skyline on the second day and the Skyline on the last day.
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